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Chapter 2 Installing and Upgrading VMware Workstation
3 Rebootyourcomputerifyouarepromptedtodoso,andloginagainasthe
AdministratoruserorasauserwhoisamemberoftheWindowsAdministrators
group.
4Followtheinstallationwizardpromptstocompletetheinstallation.
5 Rebootyourcomputerifyouarepromptedtodoso.
Youca
nnowloginasyo
unormallydo.Youdonotneedtologinasan
AdministratornowthatWorkstationisinstalled.
6Ifyouusedbridgedsettingstomapvirtualnetworkstospecificphysicalorvirtual
adapters,re‐createthemappings.
AlthoughWorkstation7.0generallypreservesnetworksettingsduringthe
upgr
ade,itcannotpreserv
emappingscreatedwithWorkstation4,5.x,or6.x.
TouseWorkstation7.0toupgradevirtualmachines,see“ChangetheVersionofa
VirtualMachine”onpage 94.
Upgrading to a Windows Vista and Windows 7 Host
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsforvariousupgradescenariosthatinvolve
Windows VistaandWindows7.
DuringtheupgradefromWindowsXPtoWindowsVistaorWindows7,thelocation
ofvirtualmachinesmightchange.TheWindowsVistaandWindows7upgradeusethe
registrytomapthevirtualmachinestoanewloc
ationbyusingthefollowingpaths:
OnWindowsXP,thedefaultvirtualmachinelocationbeforetheupgradeis:
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\My Virtual
Machines.
OnWindowsVistaandWindows7,thedefaultvirtualmachinelocationafterthe
upgradeis:C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Virtual
Machines\<guestOSname>.
Aftertheupgradeiscomplete,iftheFavoriteslistinWorkstationdoesnotwork
correctly,youcanremovethevirtualmachinesfromitandaddthemagain.
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